Colgate Future Schedules

[Go...gate]

Colgate's AD offered this assessment on a recently posted "Ask the AD" feature on the Colgate website:

Q: Dartmouth has been on Colgate’s football schedule annually for some time. However, I understand that this rivalry ends in 2011. Are there any plans to schedule additional games with Dartmouth and other Ivy schools besides Cornell, Princeton and Yale?

Also, are there any plans to schedule games with schools outside the Northeast besides the Furman and Air Force games that are already scheduled in the future?

A: Your question comes up quite often. We have contacted every Ivy school on numerous occasions in regards to football scheduling. We will continue to play Cornell every year along with some of the Ivies you mentioned. We will schedule Dartmouth again after a short break. Please keep in mind the Ivy League plays three non-League games per season while we play 5-6 depending on the year. We do have games scheduled with Northeastern ( 2012 & 13) and UMass ( 2016 & 17). We have not scheduled games out of the Northeast beyond Furman in 2010 and Air Force in 2013.

Nice to see the CAA back on our schedule, as well as confirmation of the long-discussed Northeastern home-and-home.

[TheValleyRaider]

Very cool

Also nice to see some names on schedules past 2011. Northeastern and UMass are great adds, and I think Dartmouth could use the break (I think they could use some kind of variety to their schedule)

Hopefully this includes some Ivy matchups with schools we haven't played in a while like Brown (or played ever like Harvard/Penn)

[Ivytalk]

Very cool

Also nice to see some names on schedules past 2011. Northeastern and UMass are great adds, and I think Dartmouth could use the break (I think they could use some kind of variety to their schedule)

Hopefully this includes some Ivy matchups with schools we haven't played in a while like Brown (or played ever like Harvard/Penn)

Junior Ivy and I attended the '95 Harvard-Colgate game in Hamilton. We did have a home-and-home back in that era. Harvard also played Fordham a couple of times back then. Would like to see those series renewed!

[Fordham]

Junior Ivy and I attended the '95 Harvard-Colgate game in Hamilton. We did have a home-and-home back in that era. Harvard also played Fordham a couple of times back then. Would like to see those series renewed!

Hey - those were the glory days of Fordham football!

<at least as far as my parents are concerned>

[PLLB]

Hopefully this includes some Ivy matchups with schools we haven't played in a while like Brown (or played ever like Harvard/Penn)

WHY not get scollies and play beyond the IVY league?

[TheValleyRaider]

I'd love to play beyond the Ivies. I love the Furman game, the CAA matchups, the Air Force game. But I don't think we ought to just jettison the Ivy games so easily

Even with an 11 game schedule, we still get 5 OOC games, which is plenty of room for a variety of opponents, Ivy and otherwise

Plus, I'm also operating under the assumption the schedule will have a bunch of Ivies anyway. Figure I might as well put my in for some more variety there as well

[Fordham]

Nice schedule, gate fans!

This does beg the question of whether or not this would impact the Ivy relationship. While I'm sure it would, a quick look of their 2008 schedule shows a good number of scholarship schools on it (Towson, Villanova, New Hampshire, Stony Brook, etc.).

While it might hurt the PL-Ivy relationship, it certainly doesn't appear that it would preclude them scheduling us.

[Go...gate]

I think with scholarships, you would see Colgate play more of its traditional "stretch" games with I-A schools, including Duke, Penn State, Rutgers, Army, Syracuse and others. You might also see a Vanderbilt or Rice on the schedule.

[TheValleyRaider]

Nice schedule, gate fans!

This does beg the question of whether or not this would impact the Ivy relationship. While I'm sure it would, a quick look of their 2008 schedule shows a good number of scholarship schools on it (Towson, Villanova, New Hampshire, Stony Brook, etc.).

While it might hurt the PL-Ivy relationship, it certainly doesn't appear that it would preclude them scheduling us.

I have to think Colgate would want to schedule Fordham if the Rams do in fact leave the PL (obviously I hope it doesn't come to that, but well...)

To be fair though, of that list of scholarship schools we play, Villanova and UNH were playoff opponents, and not actively sought out for games. Though, in the last 6 years (since I've been following in 2003), we've scheduled these scholarship schools:
Buffalo
UMass (4 times)
Albany
Towson
Stony Brook
Coastal Carolina
Furman
The last 5 were just in the past 2 seasons. This coming year we've got Monmouth and Stony Brook again, so we're certainly not afraid of scheduling non-Ivy opponents

[danefan]

I have to think Colgate would want to schedule Fordham if the Rams do in fact leave the PL (obviously I hope it doesn't come to that, but well...)

To be fair though, of that list of scholarship schools we play, Villanova and UNH were playoff opponents, and not actively sought out for games. Though, in the last 6 years (since I've been following in 2003), we've scheduled these scholarship schools:
Buffalo
UMass (4 times)
Albany
Towson
Stony Brook
Coastal Carolina
Furman
The last 5 were just in the past 2 seasons. This coming year we've got Monmouth and Stony Brook again, so we're certainly not afraid of scheduling non-Ivy opponents

And I believe Albany is Colgate next year, right?